The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-11-16
more after the assault than before it, The

Inc nreS OF Ine stake nave only been
the torches which Christ Held il, Hts
marched to her present position. In the
sound of racks and implements of torture J.
hear the rlimblng Of the wheels Of the Gospel
chariot. Scaffolds Of nlartyrdon have been
rae stairs BIZ which the church has ascended.
Aqua FORTS is the best test of pure gold
Furthermore our subject in1pressaS us th;.oo
sirs will come t1 sxrost:tt LUIis, iG1is ago
LAD these brothers sold Joseph into Egypt.
They had suppressed the crime, AID it was
profound secret well kept By the brothers.
Eut Sr:ddGnl33' the secret is out. The old
father hears that his son is in Egypt, having
been sold there by the malice of his
own brothers. How their cheeks must
eve burned and their hearts sum-
at tho flaming out Of t:lis sup
pre- sd crime: The smallest iniauity has
a ti.olisaid tongues; and they yill blab out an
EXPOSURE. Saul was sent 10 destroy the
Canaanites; their sheep and the oxen. But
vhel: hc est 5o7va there among the pastur,S
he saw some fine sheep AMI oxen too fat to
kill. and so he thought he would steal them
He drove them toward home, but stopped
to report to the prophet how well he had
executed his commission, when in the dis
>ance the sheep began to bleat anl the oxeE
% bnllow. The secret was ont and Samuel
said to the bl,isb;1if and cDnfcnndeI Saul:
..What means the bleating OF the Sh ep that
| hear and the lowing of the cattle. Aye, my
hearers, YOU cannot keep an ini9u:ty quiet
At lust the wrong time the sheep viii
hleat and the oxen will below. Achan ca,.
not steal the Babylonish garment withor
getting stoned to DEATH nor Benedict Arnold
betray his country without being execratec
for all time Look over the police arrests
these thieves; these burglars; these adulterers,
these counterfeitsrs, these hiehwaymen.
these assassins They all thought
they could bury. their iniquity SO
;,eep dow. that it would never come to resur
rection. But there was some snoe tnaS ar
swered to the print in the sand, some false
keys found in possession, some bloody knife
that whispered of the deed, and the pub
lie indignation, and the anathema of
outraged, law hurled him into the Tombs
or hoistad hind On the galloEs,, IT tHe close
of the battle between the Daupbin Of France
and the Helvetians, Burchard Monk was so
plated, with the victory that he lifted his
helmet to look off unon the field, when a
wounded soldier hurled stone thai struck
bis uncovered forehead and he fell. Sin will
always leave some spot exposed, and there IS
40 safety in iniquity. Francis the
First, King of France, was discussing how it
ras best TO get his army into Italy. Amaril,
The, court fosl, spreng opt from The corner
ind said to the king and his staff officers:
;'Eou had better be thinking how you will
get your army back out of Italy after once
you have entered" In other words, it is easier
for us to get into sin than to get out
Of it. Whitefeld was riding on horseback in
lonely way with some missionary money in
: sack fastened to the saddle bags. & high
#a5nian spraEg, out ft3m tie thicket snd put
his hand out toward the gold when White
field turned upon him and said That belongs
to the Lord Jesus Christ, touch itif You dare"
and the villain fell back empty banded into
the thicket. Oh, the power of conscience
If offended, it becomes Gods avenging minis
ter Do not think that You cap hide any
great and protracted Sin in your he;irts. In
an unguarded moment it will slip off the lip,
or some slight occasion may for moment
set ajar this door Of hell that you wanted to
keep closed. But suppose that in
this life you hide it. and you get along with
that tranSgreSSion bitirhing in. your heart, as
Ship on fire within for days may hinder the
fame from breaking ont by keeping down the
hatchways, yet at last, in the Judgment, that
iniquity will blaze out before the throne of
God and the universe.
Furthermore, learn from this subject the
lnseparable connection between all events
however feiiote. Lofd. Hastings Wis be-
headed one year after he had caused the death
of the Queens children, in the very month,
the very day, the very hour and the very mo-
ment There is wonderful precision in
the Divine judgments. The universe is
only one thought of God. Those
things which seem fragmentsry. and
isolated are only different parts of that
one great thought How far apart seemed
these two events-Joseph sold to the
Arabian merchants and the rulerShip Of
Egypt. Yet you see in what mysterious
way God connected the two in one plan. SO
all events are linked together. You
who are aged can look back aud
group together a. thousand things in
your life that once Seemed isolated.
One undivid ed chain of events reached from
the Garden of Eden to the cross of Calvary,
between the smallest insect that huns in the
summer air and the archangel on his
throne God can trace a direct ancestral
line from the blue jay that last spring
built its nest in a tree behind the house
to some one of that flock of birds, which,
when Noah hoisted the ark'S window, with
whirr and dash of bright wings went out to
sing over Mount Ararat The tulips that
bloomed this summer in the lower-bed We're
nursed of last winters snow-hakes. The fur
therest star on one side the universe could not
look to the furtherest star on the other
side and say: You are no relation TO me"
for from that bright orb a voice of light
would ring across the heavens responding:
Yes, yes; we are sisters" Sir Sidney Smith
in prison. was playing lawn tennis in the
yard and the ball flew over the wall Another
ball containing letters was thrown back,
and so communication was opened with
the outside word, and Sir Sidney escaped
in time to defeat Bonapartas Egyptian eS-
pedition. What small incident connected
with what vast result! Sir I.obert Peel from
q roftor,, ha draw ~, tho bacI- of r>ortar
dinner plate got the Suggestions Of that
ton by which calico is printed. Moth
ing in Gods universe swings at loose
ends. Accidents are only Gods way
of turning leaf in the book of his eternal
DEGREES From cur cradle to our grave there
is path all merke d out. Each event in our
life is connected with every other event in
our life Our loss may be the most direct
road to our gain. Our defeats and victories
are twin brothers. The whole direction Of
our life was changed by something
which at the time seemed to you
trife while some occurrence which
seemed tremendous affected you but little.
The Rev. DR.. Kennedy, of Basking Ridge,
New Jersey, went into his pulpit one Sab
bath and by a strange freak OF memory for
got his subject and forgot his text, and in
great embarrassment rose before his audi
ence and announced the circumstance and de-
clared himself entirely unable to preach; then
launched forth in few words of entreaty
and warning which resulted in the outbreak
ing of the mightieSt revival of religion ever
known in that State, arevlval ofreligion that
resulted in churches still standing and in the
conversion of a large number of men who
entered the Gospel ministry who have
brought their thousands into the kingdom
of God Gods plans are magnificent
beyond all comprehension. He molds us,
turns and directs us, and we know it not.
Thousands Of years are to Him but as the
GirEt Of q shuttle The most terrific occur